Jim Mattis

National Security

New Defense Department strategy elevates threats from Russia, China over terrorism

Jamie McIntyre -

January 19, 2018 3:00 pm

In the event Congress does not pass a temporary spending measure by midnight Friday, many non-essential government employees would be furloughed, and some government agencies and services would stop. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Trump: Shutdown would be the ‘worst thing’ for the military

Jamie McIntyre -

January 18, 2018 4:31 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Foreign Policy

Rex Tillerson warned China of war over North Korea

Joel Gehrke -

January 17, 2018 9:40 pm

Foreign Policy

Jim Mattis calls North Korea situation ‘sobering,’ says ‘there are military options’

Jamie McIntyre -

January 16, 2018 8:27 pm

President Trump arrives to sign the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 12. But the NDAA provides no actual money to the Pentagon and analysts believe lawmakers will eventually settle on deal to fund at least the 10 percent increase in base defense spending requested by the president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Foreign Policy

Defense industry poised for boost by ‘Trump tailwind’

Travis J. Tritten -

January 16, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump's nominee to lead the military healthcare system, Dean Winslow, has a history of being outspoken and taking political risks. (David B. Gleason / Wikimedia Commons)

Foreign Policy

Your survival guide to the coming blizzard of Pentagon papers

Jamie McIntyre -

January 14, 2018 5:01 am

Unarmed and armed drones, vehicles, helicopters, and artillery are among the items that will be shipped. Members of Fort Benning's Army security-force assistance brigade could be deployed by February to serve as combat advisers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP)

Foreign Policy

Trump’s Afghanistan strategy includes deploying 1,000 combat advisers, military equipment: Report

Anna Giaritelli -

January 11, 2018 4:54 pm

The Pentagon insists it's not building a new generation of nuclear weapons, but is updating and improving the old ones. (Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. William Collette)

National Security

Trump’s nuclear review will bring the US closer to all-out war, critics say

Jamie McIntyre -

January 10, 2018 8:06 pm

The big flaw in the strategy is there is no way for Kim to know if the strike is truly limited, and not the opening salvo in a war designed to topple him from power. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

National Security

At the Pentagon, little appetite for a ‘bloody nose’ strike on North Korea

Jamie McIntyre -

January 9, 2018 7:54 pm

Last Friday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made some remarks suggesting that he and President Trump are using a good cop-bad cop routine with respect to Pakistan and terrorism. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

On Pakistan, Jim Mattis and Trump employ a clever good cop, bad cop strategy

Tom Rogan -

January 9, 2018 5:35 pm

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Tag: Jim Mattis

New Defense Department strategy elevates threats from Russia, China over terrorism

Trump: Shutdown would be the ‘worst thing’ for the military

Rex Tillerson warned China of war over North Korea

Jim Mattis calls North Korea situation ‘sobering,’ says ‘there are military options’

Defense industry poised for boost by ‘Trump tailwind’

Your survival guide to the coming blizzard of Pentagon papers

Trump’s Afghanistan strategy includes deploying 1,000 combat advisers, military equipment: Report

Trump’s nuclear review will bring the US closer to all-out war, critics say

At the Pentagon, little appetite for a ‘bloody nose’ strike on North Korea

On Pakistan, Jim Mattis and Trump employ a clever good cop, bad cop strategy

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